{"id":24630,"global_id":"deffa.org?id=24630","global_id_lineage":["deffa.org?id=24630"],"author":"80","status":"publish","date":"2022-10-07 06:26:58","date_utc":"2022-10-07 10:26:58","modified":"2022-10-07 06:27:02","modified_utc":"2022-10-07 10:27:02","url":"https:\/\/deffa.org\/event\/acadia-festival-of-traditional-music-dance\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/deffa.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/24630","title":"Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance","description":"
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For centuries, Downeast Maine has flourished as a crossroads for many styles of music and dance: Acadian, Cape Breton, Irish, Scottish and Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u2013 just to name a few. The Acadia Trad Festival is dedicated to promoting education and appreciation of these traditions through an annual celebration held June 26-July 2, 2023<\/strong> at the beautiful oceanfront campus of College of the Atlantic<\/a> in Bar Harbor, Maine.<\/p>\n

Since 2013, the Acadia Trad Festival has brought world-class performers, students and the public together for awe-inspiring nightly concerts and dances, as well as daily classes and workshops.<\/p>\n

Students of all ability levels and a wide range of ages (adults and children 12 years and up) are welcome. Full-time students spend the week in intensive studies, jam sessions and fun. A wide selection of afternoon workshops, dances and concerts are open to the public. Instrumental classes are taught in the aural tradition, with an emphasis on learning by ear.<\/p>\n

The Acadia Festival of Traditional Music & Dance will host a faculty lineup that honors and celebrates traditional music and dance while contributing to its evolution.<\/p>\n

Each year, these five core disciplines will be featured: Fiddle, Guitar, Piano, Flute, and Dance<\/em>. In addition to our core disciplines, the festival will include at least three additional disciplines each year. In 2023, we will offer: Accordion, Bouzouki, Harp, Community Singing, and Composition<\/em>. Class sizes are limited \u2013 don\u2019t delay in signing up!<\/p>\n\n\t

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